Bridle-bit



(No Model.)

P. BARBOUR.

BRIDLB BIT.

No. 319,439. Patented June 9, 1885.

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NTTE STATES Y POLLOCK BARBOUR, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

BRlDLE-BIT.

srnerrreafrron forming part of Letters Parent No. 919,439, dates rune 9, 1885.

Application filed November 17, 1884.

'o all whom, t may concern,.-

Be it know that I, POLLOOK BARBOUR, a citizenwof the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bridle-Bits5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of lthe specification.

This myinvention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bridle-bits, consisting in a bit havingasolid snafliebar without joint in the center, but is slightly curved,with rings in the ends for the check-reins, and through which the curb-chain passes, which is made in the form of a chain, the central part of which consists of four or more links, connecting with slightly-curved bar-links, having rings in the outer ends, with the bars resting within the snafile-rings to answer as levers in operating the curb.

rIhe object of this my invention is to provide a bridle-bit that will be cheap, simple in construct-ion, and effective in preventing horses from running away, and also to prevent them from breaking the bridle by pulling backward by the severity of the curb, which may be adjusted to cause any required degree of severity, or may be used in the same manner as an ordinary snaffle-bit. I attain the above object by the mechanism illustrated in the draw- (No model.)

In the drawings, A represents the bar of the snaffle-bit, which is made slightly curved, with rings B B inthe ends for the check-reins, and through which the ends of the curb passes without being attached thereto, but is held in its place by the rings C C in the ends.

D D are the bar-links or levers of the curb, which are made in form as shown in the drawings, with rings C C in the outer ends, which 5c are slightly turned down where they rest in the rings of the snaffie-bit, while the inner ends connect with the chain E, which consists of four or more links, and are intended to answer as levers to operate the curb, which may be covered with leather F, when necessary to relieve its severity. This chain E may be removed and a bar-link substituted when necessary to render the curb more severe. The barlinks D of this device are intended to answer 6c as levers for operati ng the curb by forcing the chain E up against the under jaw of the horse, and thereby closes the rings B B of the snaftle against the sides of the jaw by means of the draft upon the reins. Therefore What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by .Letters Patent, is-

l. A detachable curb for bridle-bits, consisting of the curved lever-links D D and rings C C and intermediate chain, E, adapted to co- 7c operate with a bridle-bit, substantially-as set forth.

2. rIhe combination, with a bridle-bit,` having end rings, of a curb composed of the curved lever-links, the intermediate chain, and 75 the end rings, all substantially as set forth.

POLLOGK BARBOUR.

Witnesses:

FRANK PARDON, GEORG-n HAMMER. 

